For a Penny

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| name = For a Penny

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| type = single

| artist = Pat Boone

| album = Pat Boone's Golden Hits Featuring Speedy Gonzales

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| A-side = The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)

| written = Charles Singleton

| published =

| released = 1959

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| recorded = 1959

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| genre = Pop

| length = 2:16

| label = Dot

| writer = {{plainlist|*

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| prev_title = With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair

| prev_title2 = Good Rockin' Tonight

| prev_year = 1959

| title2 = The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango

| next_title = 'Twixt Twelve and Twenty

| next_year = 1959

}}

"For a Penny" is a song by Pat Boone that reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1959.

Track listing

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| title1 = For a Penny

| note1 =

| writer1 = Charles Singleton

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| music1 =

| extra1 =

| length1 = 2:16

| title2 = The Wang Dang Taffy-Apple Tango (Mambo Cha Cha Cha)

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| writer2 = {{hlist|Aaron Schroeder|J. Leslie McFarland}}

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| length2 = 2:20

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Charts

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!align="center"|Chart (1959)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{single chart|UK|19|date=19590703|accessdate=2023-01-04|refname=}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|23|artist=Pat Boone|accessdate=2023-01-02|refname=Billboard Hot 100}}

References